Is cold calling and outbound lead generation dead? …Is inbound alive?? I’m super biased so stop here if you care. But no. Straight up. Cold calling is not dead. Here’s the problem though – Cold calling and outbound lead generation calls get a bad wrap. Let’s talk inbound before anything else. I’ll be the first …
Cold Calling is Dead? The Inbound vs Outbound Lead Generation Debate Read More »
This Sales Conversation Happened to Me Two Weeks Ago Just two weeks ago I had an interesting conversation with a prospect who was interested in our outsourced, prospecting, human-to-human sales development services. I have been coincidentally reading (listening) to my first book by Grant Cardone, someone who I have a love/hate relationship with. Here is …
The Best/Worst Compliment I’ve Received as a Sales Pro Read More »
Written by Ryan Pereus. Before choosing the sales profession as my career, I was always afraid to admit I liked selling. Less because sales was doing something no one really chooses to do when they’re young, but more because of the looks, gawks, or pity remarks I received when I would admit it. (Not kidding, someone …
Why the Universe Wants Us to be Cold Calling & Prospecting (Psst, It’s Building Trust) Read More »
Successful cold call campaigns are what we study day in and day out. We are a telemarketing, appointment setting, inside sales company after all. In 2017, we completed over 150 cold call campaigns for our clients, collecting valuable information on every single dial. After an analysis of those campaigns, there are 3 main factors that …
Successful Cold Call Campaigns – Our Take on the Top 3 Contributing Factors Read More »
This month, RPMC was lucky enough to acquire a major player in event marketing lead generation management, Dennys Delgado. An 8 year veteran in event marketing management in the Philadelphia region, Dennys comes to RPMC with over 10 years experience in marketing and over 8 years experience specifically in the niche and rare channel of …
Introducing RPMC’s New Business Consultant for Events & SEO Consultant, Dennys Delgado Read More »
Written by our summer project consultant, Tom Santilli. The art of cold calling and appointment setting produces a challenge like no other. As a Division I NCAA soccer player, I have found cold calling to be quite a bit like a 90 minute soccer game. If you don’t know, soccer is a particularly exhausting sport. …
How College Soccer Relates to Cold Calling & Lead Generation Read More »
Linkedin Version Here. What’s interesting about the conversation that connects humans to products and services is the dialogue has little to do with selling the prospect on the product or service. Establishing interest actually takes little time. The issue is the “salesman stigma.” Your prospects are afraid of you. Your prospects don’t want to be …
Cold Call Tip of the Week – The Boomerang! Closing Technique Read More »
In 2017 and beyond, the cold call appointment setting landscape has changed. If you aren’t explicitly aware, you’ve at least felt it. You’ve heard how cold calling doesn’t work, or you’ve at least spoken with people who do it and think to yourself, “sheesh, how’d they get stuck with that,” or, “well, I guess everyone …
In this blog, we discuss a scenario we came across where a liquor company (let’s call them XYZ Drink) approached RPMC to sell their product to spirit stores near a major city. They said they were a novelty drink, only being available for a limited time. The scope of work was they wanted to use …
We Used Our Own Cold Call Service… What Can I Say, It Worked 2 months ago, we rolled out one of our strategies for our 2017 marketing plan — cold calling. A little late right? We’ve been offering cold calling since 2014, but didn’t actually employ cold calling as a way to generate business for …
